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The Reasons Your Resume is Rejected
How to eliminate those applying to jobs -- software and guidance. [Disappointing]
I was researching ATS (Application Testing System) for my blog and later editions of my book (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005FBA900).I came across the link below. It's disappointing, smug, but gives you an insight from behind the scenes.
http://opportunitiesproject.com/wp-co...
Eliminate the unemployed.
“Employed people are the drivers, the real doers,” Christian said. “Someone who’s unemployed [entails] higher risk. You can’t really find out what’s going on. If somebody’s unemployed, [people who give them references] want to feel helpful. They feel bad. They may be paying severance. They may [have reasons to] distort what the real story is.”
Eliminate those with too many jobs.
“Number of jobs is important,” Christian said. “I don’t want someone with more than four jobs per 10 years. The ideal is two. And I want one of the last few jobs to have some length in the job, to show that
they’ve been there awhile, whether it’s two, three, four or five years, depending on how old they are.”
Eliminate those who don’t get promoted.
Christian eliminates candidates who show the same job title twice. “Why [aren’t they] moving up?” he said. “Generally speaking, you’ll find out they’re [those who only move horizontally are] not the best
candidate.
Eliminate those outside of your geography.
“If they don’t live where the job is, and there are people who do, why mess around with that?” Christian said. “Better candidates won’t move. Better people don’t have to.”
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For the (Soon) Unemployed: You Against Them
I was researching ATS (Application Testing System) for my blog and later editions of my book (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005FBA900).I came across the link below. It's disappointing, smug, but gives you an insight from behind the scenes.
http://opportunitiesproject.com/wp-co...
Eliminate the unemployed.
“Employed people are the drivers, the real doers,” Christian said. “Someone who’s unemployed [entails] higher risk. You can’t really find out what’s going on. If somebody’s unemployed, [people who give them references] want to feel helpful. They feel bad. They may be paying severance. They may [have reasons to] distort what the real story is.”
Eliminate those with too many jobs.
“Number of jobs is important,” Christian said. “I don’t want someone with more than four jobs per 10 years. The ideal is two. And I want one of the last few jobs to have some length in the job, to show that
they’ve been there awhile, whether it’s two, three, four or five years, depending on how old they are.”
Eliminate those who don’t get promoted.
Christian eliminates candidates who show the same job title twice. “Why [aren’t they] moving up?” he said. “Generally speaking, you’ll find out they’re [those who only move horizontally are] not the best
candidate.
Eliminate those outside of your geography.
“If they don’t live where the job is, and there are people who do, why mess around with that?” Christian said. “Better candidates won’t move. Better people don’t have to.”
# # #
For the (Soon) Unemployed: You Against Them
